by Dave M.*
Edited from the FORWARD:
"The purpose of this (128 page) work is to provide my fellows
in recovery an effective means to deepen their relationship with a God of their understanding through prayer
and meditation.
While facilitating retreats and workshops, folks have expressed to me their desire for more. They’ve been through the basics, found self-help information that garners more self-centeredness than
While facilitating retreats and workshops, folks have expressed to me their desire for more. They’ve been through the basics, found self-help information that garners more self-centeredness than
God-consciousness and suspect they’re ready to move on.
Love & Service provides access to God-consciousness in a spiritual rather than specifically religious format. It shares the wisdom of ages past with coaching and insight on the specifics of abandoning ones self to God.
Love & Service provides access to God-consciousness in a spiritual rather than specifically religious format. It shares the wisdom of ages past with coaching and insight on the specifics of abandoning ones self to God.
The inspiration for Love & Service came from Imitation
of Christ (IOC) by Thomas A. Kempis. Love & Service continues IOC’s tradition of a candid and conversational style.
This work is meant to be a liberation from worldly
inclinations as well as a recollection as a preparation for prayer and the
consolations of prayer.
References in this guide will appear periodically to Alcoholics Anonymous (“Big Book”) along with the page number."
References in this guide will appear periodically to Alcoholics Anonymous (“Big Book”) along with the page number."
*Note: Dave describes himself as a happily
married retired businessman, retreat facilitator, founder of www.spiritualretreatsteps.com, Benedictine Oblate, and
trusted servant to those in AA and Al-Anon.